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Originally Posted by Comartemis
Here's a quick thought that's been bothering me for a while:
There's all this talk about the balance of power and not putting too many powerful mages in one place...
...but what's this then?
Leti simply lets them continue working together, not just living as Hayate indicates, but acting to support each other in similar roles. And she doesn't make any indication that this is a big deal or that she had to go through a lot of trouble for this to work.
What's the deal? How are Hayate and the Wolkenritter sticking together like this if the bureau is so opposed to concentration of power? I'm not disputing that they are, it just seems odd to me that they would make an exception like this, particularly under these circumstances and for these particular mages. |
*Whacks Comar over the head* That's
my IS dammit!
Anyway, I think this is not an issue of political pushing, but more a an issue of levels.
Let's analyze the numbers: Putting the Wolkenritter together you have:
1 S-rank (Signum)
3 AAA-ranks (Vita, Zafira, hayate(?))
1 AA-rank (Shamal)
Hayate is a wild card, since we never knew her rank prior to StrikerS, but I doubt she was a SS right of the bat, so I'm tempted to label her AAA like her fellow Aces.
In this case you have only one S-rank, three AAA-ranks and one AA rank. Sure, that's a lot of power, but lets compare that to RF6 shall we?
1 SS-rank (Hayate)
3 S-ranks (Nanoha, Signum, Fate)
2 AAA-ranks (Vita, Zafira)
1 AA-rank (Shamal)
1 A-rank (Reinforce)
4 B-ranks (Subaru, Teana, Erio, Vice)
1 C-rank (Caro)
I think RF6 wasn't just so much 'a lot of firepower in one unit' but more 'too much firepower in one unit' RF6 has four over-S-ranked mages in their unit, the Wolkenritter only one, two as soon as Hayate starts leveling. And this was only during their founding, at the end of StrikerS we can tally 3 more AA ranks to the team and one more A rank.
RF6 was simply a case of 'there is no way we can get away with this'
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Originally Posted by PhoenixFlare
Actually, the thing about the Bureau wanting the power to be separated is probably a policy agreed only by a certain portion of the entire hierarchy. As I recall, Chrono was forced to follow the limiter policy because Regius was actively being the thorn on their side. To minimize friction, he agreed to place the limiter. The same may have occurred for the power concentration. The Navy usually requires higher-leveled personnel for their work, so there's no actual balance, so to speak.
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Hmm, I don't recall Regius being involved in that. In fact, I don't think he learned of the details of RF6's existence untill after Hayate stepped in action.
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Originally Posted by PhoenixFlare
@Keroko: I have to ask you a very important question - how has Tesla's cooking improved after StrikerS? There's a scene I am planning to write in Chapter 9 about her cooking (to a secret person, no less~  ). And if you are sticking your plans to Kerokanon, would Tesla really be Griffith's partner?
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Well, her cooking has improved (though she's still quite clumsy at it) since Hayate forces her to help from time to time, much to Tesla's dismay, as she's not really fond of cooking.
Tesla doesn't work as Griffith's partner though, since Griffith went to work at the Interstellar Navigation Bureau. She does keep in contact though, and every time she needs to get somewhere, it's Griffith she calls.
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Originally Posted by Wild Goose
Well, planning and stuff for Task Force Six, rough drafts and all.
Unit Name: Lost Property Investigation Task Force Six
CO: LTC Hayate Yagami
XO: Warrant Officer Griffith Lowran
Chief of Staff: Sergeant Major Reinforce Zwei
Order of Battle:
Stars Squad: (As Canon)
Lightning Squad: (As Canon)
Hammer Squad: 5-man detachment from the OFM's Assault Platoon, led by 2LT Franz Jaeger with SGT Leo Kozlov as 2IC.
Lance Flight: 5 mages from the OFM Air Wing, basically the entire Lance Flight.
While Stars and Lightning are the Day Shift, so to speak, Hammer and Lance are the nightshift, on nighttime standby and deploying as needed to back up the Forwards.
Investigation Section:
Head: Fate T. Harloawn
Analyst: 1LT Mikhail Dornitz. An intel specialist from the OFM's Intel element, Mikhail is a targeter: he finds targets, builds intel on them, and delivers his analysis to those in the field. He's gonna help Fate more on the investigation side, since he was a cop before joining the OFM.
Felix: Not sure yet. TK can give suggestions that will be listened to.
In a way this is a somewhat less grand rebuilt project. It's also my attempt to do a middle of the road approach, balancing things and all.... and also add in some conflicts and stuff: one of the things that annoy the main GF staff is that the Hammer Squad boys all wear their woodland camo fatigues, and not their TSAB Browns. But this is for the future.
Time to nap for 15 minits and then get off to work.
Franz will also have a hand in mentoring Teana's combat style; in one scene I've written, he and Nanoha have a strong closed doors professional disagreement about how to train Teana, and he points out to Nanoha that she's the Ace of Aces of aerial mages... while Teana is a Ground mage, and Franz has been a ground mage for 18 years, learning his trade of urban warfare in a hard school called Farbanti Operations Zone Alpha. |
Everybody is piling on Hayate's unit continuing, aren't they?
oh well, curious to see as to how this one works out.